Posts tagged as “Pete Elliot”

Custer County Sheriff Lloyd “Rich” Smith had never publicly admitted or denied that Officer Sergeant Pete Elliott had used anonymous Facebook accounts to libel and possibly intimidate a witness. On November 4, 2025 the Tribune published an exposé on how Sergeant Pete Elliott had used two anonymous Facebook accounts to libel and possibly tamper with a key witness in the Hanme Clark triple murder trial. While the Tribune had repeatedly reached out to the District Attorney’s Office (DA) and the Custer County Sheriff’s Office, neither had publicly stated if they had performed an investigation into the matter or confirmed or denied the Tribune’s allegations officially. New court records now show that not only did the Sheriff and District Attorney know about Sergeant Elliott’s actions, but they…